“You should go there and see the army of policemen that are harassing people. They are using false vehicles. I taped them; I have evidence of that, and I will….
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The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has addressed concerns regarding water retention in certain areas of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. He assured Nigerians that this project, along with other major road initiatives by the federal government, is set to be completed by 2031. Umahi provided this assurance on Friday while inspecting Sections One and […]
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Flying Eagles defender, Emmanuel Chukwu has sealed a loan move to Austrian club Lustenau.
Chukwu joined Lustenau from Bundesliga outfit TSG Hoffenheim.
The 19-year-old will spend the second consecutive season away from the club following his loan stint with Wolfsberger AC in the 2025/26 campaign.
The centre-back will be hoping to gain more first team experience at Lustenau.
He arrived Hoffenheim from Nigerian Academy, Grassrunners FC in 2024.
Chukwu has represented Nigeria at the U-20 level in the past.
Transfer: Chukwu completes loan switch to Austrian club, Lustenau
Expressing her feelings about the progress being made after voting at about 8.50am, Mrs Afuye said the turnout of voters is attesting to the fact that…
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A former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brig-Gen Maharazu Tsiga, rtd, says bandits terrorising communities may be receiving backing from powerful individuals in government and other positions of authority.
Tsiga made this statement at a press conference in Kaduna about late Major-General Rabe Abubakar, rtd, who died in bandits’ captivity in Katsina State.
According to Tsiga, who was also kidnapped earlier this year from his hometown in Katsina, he had horrible experience in bandits’ captivity during the period.
The former NYSC DG recounted that his time with the bandits exposed a deeply troubling support system operating beyond the forests, involving informants, logistics suppliers and individuals allegedly connected to positions of influence.
“These people may be having the backing of those in power. One of the days I was there around 2 a.m., this issue came up. Somebody called and said, ‘Please, Kachala, are you ready to buy 10 cartons of ammunition?
“He said, ‘Yes, but let me finish with one old man.’ When he finished talking and was talking to me, I asked him jokingly, ‘put me inside this business now.’
“He said, ‘Who are you? You are a retired general. You don’t have office. We are talking to people who are in office now,” Tsiga recounted.
‘Bandits not alone, getting support from those power’ — Ex-NYSC DG
Security operatives were visibly present at polling centers and strategic locations across constituencies to ensure a peaceful exercise. However…
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Only the polling agent of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was present at Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s polling unit as voting began in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election.
When THE WHISTLER visited Polling Unit 003, located opposite the governor’s family compound in Okelele, Ikogosi, Ekiti West Local Government Area, a large number of voters had already arrived to cast their ballots.
However, only the APC polling agent was seen monitoring the process. Governor Oyebanji is expected to vote at the polling unit.
The development came less than 24 hours after the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wole Oluyede, accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of allowing the replacement of many of his party’s polling agents.
Oluyede had visited the INEC office in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, alleging that more than half of the PDP’s accredited agents across polling units were replaced without the party’s approval by individuals linked to the APC.
He said his protest was not addressed by electoral officials, who instead asked him to leave the commission’s premises. INEC has yet to publicly respond to the allegation.
At Governor Oyebanji’s polling unit, election officials declined to explain why agents from other political parties were absent.
The APC agent, identified as Ogundele Oluwatosin, was seen interacting with voters as accreditation and voting continued.
Security personnel from the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were stationed at the polling unit throughout the exercise but did not intervene in the process.
Checks at neighbouring polling units by THE WHISTLER showed a similar situation, with only APC agents present.
Some voters who spoke with our correspondent said they were not concerned about the absence of agents from other parties, adding that their priority was to cast their votes peacefully.
The election is being contested by Oyebanji of the APC, Oluyede of the PDP, Professor Oyebanji Olajuyin of the Labour Party, Ambassador Oluwadare Patrick Bejide of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), alongside candidates of the Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party, Action Democratic Party (ADP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Boot Party (BP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressives Party (YPP), and other registered political parties.
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Ojudu, who voted at his polling unit in Ereguru, Ward 8, Ado-Ekiti, described the turnout of voters as impressive but warned that technical glitches associated with the BVAS machine could…
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Nigerian singer, Mr Real has debunked his colleague, Idowest’s claim that he is the original owner of the popular street anthem, ‘Legbegbe.’
‘Legbegbe,’ which was released in 2018 as a song by Mr Real featuring Idowest, was one of the songs that championed the Shaku Shaku movement.
However, Mr Real has repeatedly said that he regretted featuring Idowest on the song, claiming that he would have been a bigger star if he had sang the song alone.
In a recent livestream with streamer Caterefe, Idowest mocked Mr Real’s statement and even claimed that he was the original owner of ‘Legbegbe.’
He said, “I am the original owner of ‘Legbegbe.’ I composed the full song. I only featured Mr Real on the track as my boy in the hood but now he’s claiming the song. He is an old man, I will beat him up.”
Reacting in a video broadcast, Mr Real insisted that he is the true owner of ‘Legbegbe’, stressing that Idowest lied at the interview.
He also accepted Idowest’s invitation to a public brawl.
“Idowest, I heard everything you said at Carter Efe’s live. You said you will beat me in a match. I am your senior brother and I will beat you.
“I heard you were deported from America. Instead of you to promote your music, you are downgrading me and claiming my song, ‘Legbegbe.’ I won’t even waste my precious time on you,” he said.